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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.infopathdev.com:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/41.aspx</link><description>If you're not sure where to ask your question, ask it here. If necessary, our moderators will make sure it gets classified in the correct board.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)</generator><item><title>Re: Creating an intranet signup sheet for use with SharePoint</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/25200.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:27:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:25200</guid><dc:creator>Clay Fox</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/25200.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&amp;PostID=25200</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey Josh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ulitimate signup solution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I would recommend SQL server with Web Services from the Database Accelerator.&lt;a href="http://www.infopathdev.com/files/folders/dbxldownload/entry19957.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Qdabra Database Accelerator Suite Version 2.1 - Developer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You have one form which an admin uses to setup the event and specify the items needed and the amounts. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They email everyone a notification with the link to the signup form.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Then your sign up form uses an&amp;nbsp;active directory web service to identify the form user.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They see the &amp;quot;menu&amp;quot; and the remaining numbers needed for each component.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They select items and amounts and/or add themselves to the volunteer roster.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When they submit they recieve an email receipt and the data from the form is submitted to the database so the next form user can see only the amounts remaining.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SQL reports can be ran on the SQL data showing the percentage complete or the distribution of participation or to create an email list for those participating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fulfillment could also be tracked if neccessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those are some of my ideas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Creating an intranet signup sheet for use with SharePoint</title><link>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/25148.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:16:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:25148</guid><dc:creator>joshk</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/25148.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=41&amp;PostID=25148</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;#39;m tasked with creating and supporting a new signup method for different things within my agency.&amp;nbsp; We often have meals to support charities or raise money to help a fellow employee going through a difficult time.&amp;nbsp; For these meals, we used to pass around a paper signup sheet with blanks under categories for people to write their name in.&amp;nbsp; What I suggested was we try to use InfoPath to replace this time intensive and annoying process with an easy to use InfoPath form.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I created and published a form for our Thanksgiving meal last month, and for the most part it was well received.&amp;nbsp; However, being new to SharePoint and InfoPath I&amp;#39;m certain that the process can be improved upon.&amp;nbsp; So I was hoping that someone out there had done something similar or would at least join in my brainstorming on how to do this best.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;d like to know the ridiculous lengths we went to for the Thanksgiving meal let me know, but for the sake of keeping this post as short as possible I decided to omit that for the time being.&amp;nbsp; Thanks for your help.&amp;nbsp; I look forward to looking at this more closely with anyone who is interested.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Josh&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>